Styles, 25, from Weatherford, Texas, was competing in his second marathon. His official winning time of 2 hours, 37 minutes and 53 seconds was a testament to his training — and for following registration rules.

“I’ll take it,” Styles told the Star-Telegram. “It was the time I wanted to be around, especially with a day like this with the wind and the hills.”

Oddly, this isn’t the first time the Cowtown Marathon has had to disqualify an unregistered winner. In 2003, Augustine Hernandez finished 16 minutes ahead of Greg Floyd, but Hernandez was disqualified for wearing the wrong race number.